A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

Tag: villagezendo

Precepts Ceremony at the Village Zendo Our annual jukai ceremony: four students vowed to uphold the Buddhist teachings.
Memorial Day Dharma Talk My father-in-law is a soldier and my mother is a peace activist. Buddha's Middle Way allows us both to honor veterans and to oppose war.
The Village Zendo's Winter Retreat December 2016. Our meditation retreat in Garrison, NY.
Village Zendo at the NYC Women's March January 21, 2017. Enkyo Roshi and members of my Zen temple at the post-inaugural march.
Ordination Ceremony for Doji at the Village Zendo October 9, 2016. Anne Doji Reigeluth's Tokudo ceremony, in which her head was shaved and she became a priest of the Village Zendo.
Yujin's Shuso Hossen August 21, 2016. Yujin's shuso hossen ceremony at the Grail retreat center.
Winter Ango 2013 Old color photos from the Village Zendo's year end retreat.
Precepts Ceremony at the Village Zendo Our annual jukai ceremony: eight students vowed to uphold the Buddhist teachings.
Lumps Photographs of humps and bumps in the woods upstate.
Dharma Talk at Sing Sing: Joy And Pain of Bearing Witness On Saturday, I saw Sara Bennett's photos of women paroled after years in prison. On Sunday I talked about them with my prison sangha.